Chapter 159: Prologue to Chaos
When the competition between Ryan and Allendo was over, the crowd immediately gathered around.
"Ryan, you're really ......" Red was wearing an ordinary priest's robe, reached out and slapped Ryan on the shoulder: "I don't even know what to use to describe you," Speaking of this, Red kneaded Ryan's face vigorously with his hand, and then said to Faraz reassuringly: "It's okay, it's me, you don't have to bear it...... Oops!"
Red crouched on the ground with his nose covered, and in front of him, Farass stretched out a white finger and looked at him with a smile on his face. Red pressed his bloody nose with his left hand, and his right hand emitted a faint white light on his chest, and when the spell was complete, Red placed his white glowing right hand on his nose.
In a moment, Red's nose that was broken by Faraz's magic turned back to its original state, and Faraz nodded again and again and said: "Dead Red, your ability to be beaten is getting better and better, it seems that we will not have to worry about having no targets to practice magic in the future." ”
"Die!" Red said angrily, still covering his nose, "I don't care if I practice magic and go to Ryan." After saying this, Red let go of his hands, pointed at Ryan and said to Faraz: "He is the safest target, how much power do you use to cast spells, he directly uses the same power to counteract you, which is like me, if you are not careful, you will break the phase." I am now the Supreme God of Light established in this plane of the Church of Light of the tens of millions of devout believers of the Church of Light in this plane of the Eslar continent, Your Excellency Bishop Red, I have to pray dozens of times a second, how can I have so much time to play with you?"
Ryan listened to Red and Farrath bickering with a smile on his lips, but heard Elendo's whisper in his ears: "That flame...... You did it on purpose, right?"
Ryan turned his head to look at Allendo, he shrugged his shoulders and said, "No, you rushed out on your own." Besides, if you sneak up and attack me, I'm not sure I'll be able to escape. ”
"Hmph, when did you learn such a hypocritical thing?" Allendo smiled at the corner of his mouth, but his tone was reproachful: "We are old friends, will I still be slumped because I lost to you?Don't do this next time, losing is losing, if I can't even face this point, then I ......"
"Oh no, no!" Christina's words came from outside the courtyard, and then a slender and tall figure appeared in front of everyone: "Ryan, bad news, the rebel leader Senate has recaptured Seke City, and he has gathered seven large and small lords in the south to declare his independence from the rule of the Empire!"
"What?" everyone was stunned when they heard the news, all the shock that Ryan had brought them before was forgotten, and the only thought in everyone's minds now was: "Sennat, why is he back again?"
Ciudad Fernando, home of the Royal Order.
Lane and his entourage walked through the training ground under the leadership of Bacon and came to the door of General Orlando's military command hall, Faras was not the first time to be here, she didn't say much, hurriedly grabbed ahead of Lane, pushed open the door of the hall, and walked in a few steps.
Ryan followed Faras into the military command hall, and the first thing he saw was a realistic map of the continent on the table in the center of the hall, mountains, rivers, cities, and pastures...... Everything is shown in this map. Ryan glanced at the terrain around the empire on the map, and was shocked to see that it was a scaled-down version of the real terrain.
"You're here?" Luke's voice rang in Ryan's ears, and Ryan looked up to see that it wasn't just Orlando, but even Luke and Catherine were here.
Christina crossed Ryan, walked behind Catherine in a few steps, and whispered, "Your Majesty, I have been ordered to bring Ryan and the others here." ”
Catherine waved her hand, and Christina stood respectfully behind the Queen. Catherine looked at Ryan and his party, and said, "Now that everyone is here, General Orlando, you can tell you about it in detail." ”
"Yes! Your Majesty. Orlando said yes loudly, and then he stretched out his right hand, and one of the guards standing behind Orlando immediately offered a wooden stick with both hands, Orlando took the wooden stick and said to everyone: "This is one of the top military secrets of the Empire, originally Lane and you were not allowed to enter, but there is an order from Her Majesty, and you also need your help, so you can see this thing." I will say one more thing, you can see it, but you can't write it down, you can't take anything out of here, and you can't describe the situation here in detail after you leave here......"
Ryan and the others nodded solemnly, although Ryan is not very proficient in military affairs, but a map with the same scale as the real terrain is still very clear in the war, with the relationship between Orlando and everyone, it is even necessary to say more about the secrecy regulations, which shows that this is indeed very important.
Orlando explained the secrecy regulations 1510 clearly in accordance with the relevant regulations, and then took the water cup handed over by the guards, took a big sip, and continued: "The territory of our empire, from the Thor Fortress in the north, to the Hengduan Mountains in the west, to the Endless Sea in the east, and to the Silent Forest in the south, basically occupies two-thirds of the entire Elras continent, and the empire has the most fertile land in the Elras continent, the most abundant pastures and grasses, and rich mountains and forests......
"Originally, the imperial capital, as the most important transportation hub of the empire, could easily transport materials from the north to the south and east to the west, but due to the betrayal of the Clay tribe, now the northern Thor fortress has fallen into the hands of the orcs, and the entire Southern Talon steppe is no longer under the jurisdiction of the empire, which has led to the entire north of the empire becoming more dependent on the grain of the south......"
With Orlando's explanation, more than a dozen guards in the hall held small flags and planted them on the map, the north side of the imperial capital has been covered with green flags, believing that this represents the orc's sphere of influence, and as the topic of Orlando was mentioned to the south, Ryan found that more than a dozen cities around Seke City he had been to had black flags planted in the surrounding cities.
From the city of Seke, where Ryan once went to Ermida, the center of the empire, to the town of Mori in the east, this rebellion of Senate cut off the entire empire, and if Fernando wanted to go from land to the paradise of freedom in the south, it had to pass through Senate's territory, and after losing the beef and mutton production area in the north, Senate's blow was equivalent to holding the throat of the empire.
"Now it is very tricky to send troops to open the north-south passage, we have just experienced a big battle, and the loss of strength is very large, and even if we really send the Royal Knights desperately, as long as Senate defends a few cities, there is no way to conquer it in a short time, and once the orcs in the north go south again, it will be an unprecedented disaster. ”
"Isn't it okay to ship by sea?" Catherine interjected, "Didn't the empire rely on sea freight before?"
"Sorry, Your Majesty. Luke opened his mouth to explain to Catherine, "When the orcs went south, they captured the port city of Sunrise in the north, and now we have no access to the sea, and it is impossible to carry out large-scale sea transportation. ”
"How so?" said Catherine, with a sigh, "have the gods forsaken my people again?"
"Please don't worry, Your Majesty. Orlando continued: "We're going to get through this. 200 years ago, we defeated the undead army in the face of no possibility, and now, there is only a small problem in the supply of food, as long as we can survive this winter, by the time the autumn harvest is tomorrow, the farm production on the outskirts of the imperial capital will be enough to be self-sufficient. ”
Orlando's tone changed and he continued: "The biggest problem now is that our territory has been forcibly divided into two parts, and the capital in the north is facing the enemy's attack. Look here......" Orlando said, pointing to the northwest corner of the map with the stick in his hand, "It is strange that the Clay tribe from the north had migrated here en masse, and it was strange that they would do such a thing, and they let the orcs in, but they lost their most fertile pastures. ”
"Maybe the Chief Abdul is ready to regain the glory of his ancestors?" Luke interjected, "The Clay Empire was still very strong back then. ”
Orlando nodded and said: "It can only be explained by this, the people of the Clay tribe are very obsessed with regaining their former glory, and they let the orcs in, adding huge pressure to the empire, and they can take advantage of this confrontation between us and the orcs to re-establish the Clay empire in the cracks." ”
"The Clay tribe now occupies the northwestern part of the South Talon steppe, as well as parts of the Hengduan Mountains, including Hanover and the Sorrow Valley. I personally estimate that in three to five years, they will not be strong enough to threaten us. However, this migration of the Clay tribe has gained mines that they have been lacking before, and this will certainly be our greatest opponent for the Clay light cavalry, which is known for its speed, given time. ”
"And the orcs are now fighting in the northeast of the South Talon grassland, and their power continues to the eastern outlet of Sunrise City, and of course, their ancestral North Talon grassland. My biggest fear right now is that the orcs have mastered our human navigational skills, and if that happens, it will be a very terrible situation for us humans. ”
Orlando said this, picked up the glass of water and drank water, and Ryan, after listening to Orlando's previous story, secretly said in his heart: "Orcs, Clay tribes and Sekke City of Sennat, these three directions are sandwiched between our capital, I have to say that the place that our Fernando Majesty chose to build a city is really good, it is really a deterrent to those who are ready to move, but once the strength of the empire is greatly damaged, it is inevitable to be threatened by those lords who are ready to move." ”
(It's a rare day off today, and there's another chapter in the evening.) Let's all vote!)